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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Fentanyl crisis: Fury grows over Bay Area school districts that still aren’t ready to save an overdosing student |
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As state and local officials voice growing concern about the fentanyl crisis — and the U.S. attorney general says the Justice Department is focusing “enormous urgency” on the deadly drug — high schools in nearly a dozen Bay Area districts are still not prepared to save an overdosing student, according to a survey by the Bay Area News Group. The news organization found 36% of the 33 districts that responded said they have yet to train teachers and staff to recognize the signs of fentanyl overdoses. About 27% have not made the lifesaving drug Narcan readily available in schools, even after Bay Area educators and school nurses have used the nasal spray to revive students at least four times this school year. |
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/05/fentanyl-crisis-fury-grows-over-bay-area-school-districts-that-still-arent-ready-to-save-an-overdosing-student/ |
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PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH
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LA County foster youth get glamorous gowns and strapping suits for prom |
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The run up to prom is a magical time for most high schoolers, but for foster youth it’s often a period of great anxiety as they worry about the expenses of suits, gowns, shoes, makeup and more. But on Saturday, March 4, the nonprofit organization CASA of Los Angeles waved a magic wand and zapped this stress away by providing about 250 foster youth with everything they need to go to the ball looking and feeling their best. |
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https://www.presstelegram.com/2023/03/07/la-county-foster-youth-get-glamorous-gowns-and-strapping-suits-for-prom/ |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Assistance League Program Honors Infant Graduates |
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Like every graduation, this one included beaming parents and grandparents, mortarboards and Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance.” The graduating class of six held it together without crying, each accepting, with help from a parent, a diploma and a stuffed plush gorilla named Matilda, the mascot for the program they completed. The Assistance League of Laguna Beach’s Early Intervention Program is a unique program for families with developmentally delayed infants. |
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/assistance-league-program-honors-infant-graduates/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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LAUSD senior scores highest in nation on college-level computer science course |
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Yanxi Rodriguez checked her email. She found out that out of over 220 high school students enrolled in an online computer science course through Stanford University, she had earned the highest score in the nation. The course is part of the National Education Equity Lab, a program launched in 2019 bringing courses from colleges to low-income public high school students across the country. Currently, eight LAUSD high schools are involved, offering classes in geography, computer science and microeconomics from Georgetown University, Stanford University and Barnard College. |
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https://www.laschoolreport.com/lausd-senior-scores-highest-in-nation-on-college-level-computer-science-course/ |
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California offers bipartisan road map for protecting kids online even as Big Tech fights back |
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In California, a Democrat and a Republican figured out how to pass the country’s toughest online privacy law protecting kids. The law, modeled after legislation in the United Kingdom, will ban websites from profiling users in California under age 18, tracking their locations, or nudging them to provide personal information. It will also require online services to automatically put privacy settings at their highest levels on sites that kids access when the law goes into effect next year. |
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https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/03/07/california-offers-bipartisan-road-map-for-protecting-kids-online-even-as-big-tech-fights-back/ |
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Civil rights organizations threaten to sue SFUSD to recognize Eid |
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Two Arab American civil rights groups told the San Francisco Unified School District that they will sue the district if Muslim holy days are not recognized. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the country’s largest Arab American civil rights organization, is partnering with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) to rally ahead of today's Board of Education meeting, where board members will discuss implementing the holy Muslim days, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, as observed holidays. |
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https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/civil-rights-groups-threaten-to-sue-sfusd-to-recognize-eid/article_a4d2da78-bc89-11ed-878f-5bf7d077bede.html |
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Marin high schools promote equity with prom attire |
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Across Marin County, elegant dresses, stylish shoes and sharp tuxedos will be ready for high school proms this spring — all for free. The formalwear, both new or lightly used, is being assembled to level the playing field for students. “We felt it was important that every student gets the opportunity to attend the prom,” said Liv Villanova, a Redwood High School student who is organizing the school’s new “Prom Boutique” at the Village at Corte Madera. “Money should not be a reason they can’t attend.” |
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https://www.marinij.com/2023/03/06/marin-high-schools-promote-equity-with-prom-attire/ |
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